Berlin news – Page 103
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NewsBeta firms Berlin slate
Market screening for The Physician, two competition titles among slate.
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NewsLove Steaks wins Berlin slot
Slamdance winner won the Max Ophüls Prize at the weekend, granting it a slot in the Berlinale.
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NewsFortissimo acquires Black Coal, Thin Ice
Fortissimo Films has acquired worldwide rights outside mainland China to Berlin competition title Black Coal, Thin Ice, directed by Diao Yinan.
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NewsEastWest takes six including Whispers
Vienna-based sales agent EastWest Distribution has picked up six new titles including Rotterdam premiere Whispers Behind The Wall.
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NewsNew Europe takes Thou Wast Mild
Warsaw-based company acquires Josephine Decker’s Berlinale Forum selection.
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NewsBerlinale name First Feature jury
Nancy Buirski [pictured], Valeria Golino and Hernán Musaluppi to decide on the Best First Feature Award; 18 films are in contention.
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NewsFilms Distribution takes Dark Valley
Austrian western starring Sam Riley to premiere out of competition at the Berlinale.
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NewsBerlinale Talents programme announced
Greta Gerwig, Michel Gondry and Neil Jordan among confirmed industry experts at this year’s Berlinale Talents.
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NewsBerlin adds Snowpiercer to line-up
Bong Joon-ho’s sci-fi action thriller helps complete the Forum section of the Berlinale.
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NewsBerlin completes Panorama Dok line-up
Selection opens with a documentary about what motivates Somali pirates and includes the European premiere of 20,000 Days on Earth, starring Nick Cave, and 10 world premieres.
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NewsBooks at Berlinale reveals 11 titles
Film producers given the chance to discover 11 new literary works that could make good movies.
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NewsGlobal Screen unveils EFM line-up
Frauke Finsterwalder’s tragicomic Finsterworld and a new screen adaptation of the children’s classic Pinocchio are among five market premieres being unveiled by Munich-based Global Screen at next month’s EFM in Berlin.
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NewsBerlin Culinary Cinema starting with Final Recipe
Chefs cooking themed meals include Daniel Achilles, Tim Raue and the Roca brothers.
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NewsKosslick talks Berlinale challenges
EXCLUSIVE: The return of the Zoo-Palast cinema to the Berlinale’s roster of screening venues is “the greatest challenge facing us this year,” according to festival director Dieter Kosslick.
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NewsShamer Chronicles set for big screen
TrustNordisk will kick off presales on the fantasy-adventure film in Berlin.
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NewsBerlin completes Panorama line-up
A total of 24 world premieres are included in the Berlinale’s Panorama selection, which has added a number of Asian productions.
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NewsPicture Tree unveils EFM slate
Berlin-based sales and production company Picture Tree International (PTI) has secured distribution rights to four new titles ahead of this year’s European Film Market (EFM).
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NewsBerlinale Special nabs nine world premieres
World premieres include A Long Way down, starring Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul and Pierce Brosnan, and The Two Faces of January, the directorial debut of Drive screenwriter Hossein Amini starring Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst and Oscar Isaac.
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NewsBerlin reveals Forum line-up
The Berlinale’s Forum line-up includes new films from Corneliu Porumboiu, Denis Côté and Guillaume Nicloux.
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